Lilongwe- based up-and-coming female visual artist Lusako Sikwese recently made history when she held her own exhibition at La Galleria.
\nLa Galleria is a popular hub owned by well-known visual artist Elson Kambalu.
\nAt 17 years, Lusako managed to impress the audience with her works. She exhibited 13 works during the exhibition.
\nLusako\u2019s exhibition was titled Through the Eyes of Lusako.
\nDuring the exhibition which was also attended by her parents, the visual artist managed to sell for artworks.
\nLusako in her speech thanked her parents for supporting her and promised to do more.
\n\u201cI just want to say thank you to my parents for being there for me and supporting me and giving me the encouragement,\u201d she said.
\nPatrons were impressed by the young lady\u2019s talent, and her parents went on to say that part of the money realised during the exhibition will be donated to an orphanage.
\nKambalu also said he was impressed with Lusako\u2019s talent.
\n\u201cThere is talent in the country but it needs to be supported. I am impressed with Lusako. As La Galleria apart from selling different works for artists, we also gather children and teach them art,\u201d he said.
\nLusako started painting at the age of 4.
\nWhilst in United Kingdom by the age of 7, she had already been chosen to represent her school in a competition.
\nAnd back in the country, she proceeded studying art whilst a student at Bishop Mackenzie School and then later Kamuzu Academy where for three consecutive years she won competitions for designing posters for drama.
\nShe has just sat for her IGSCE examinations.
\n\u201cArt is an outlet. When I feel like turning the world out and letting everything go, that\u2019s when I turn to art. It\u2019s what I turn to when I am happy, sad and bored.
\n\u201cThe feeling I get after making something, whether it\u2019s a painting or a drawing is something I can\u2019t explain. Painting and drawing are my ways of finding peace. It\u2019s more than just a hobby to me,\u201d she said.
\nHer catalogue of works includes World Aids, Dancing Lady, Sunset Leaves, Taunting Fate, Black Rose, Rainbow Flower, Trials Judgment, Weight of Inequality and Flowers For Dad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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